Presuppositions of Salvation in Christ: Man’s Fall and Its Consequences By Maximos Aghiorgoussis The book of Genesis tells us of the creation of man: “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness’… So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and […]
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On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom
On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom. For to have offended God is more distressing than to be punished. But now we are so wretchedly disposed, that, were there no fear of hell, we should not even choose readily to do any good thing. Wherefore was it for nothing else, yet for this at […]
The Banishment and Repentance of Adam and Eve
The Banishment and Repentance of Adam and Eve – St. Symeon the New Theologian Being banished from Paradise, Adam and Eve immediately began to thirst and hunger, freeze, and shiver, to have labor and sweat and endure all those difficulties and griefs that we even now endure. Therefore, they soon felt into what a bitter condition […]
